Tracking the implementation of new essay questions in federal job applications
Total Scraped Questionnaires
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Essay Questions
The Merit Hiring Plan requires applicants for GS-5 and above positions to answer these four essay questions (200 words max each):
"How has your commitment to the Constitution and the founding principles of the United States inspired you to pursue this role within the Federal government? Provide a concrete example from professional, academic, or personal experience."
"In this role, how would you use your skills and experience to improve government efficiency and effectiveness? Provide specific examples where you improved processes, reduced costs, or improved outcomes."
"How would you help advance the President's Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role? Identify one or two relevant Executive Orders or policy initiatives that are significant to you, and explain how you would help implement them if hired."
"How has a strong work ethic contributed to your professional, academic or personal achievements? Provide one or two specific examples, and explain how those qualities would enable you to serve effectively in this position."
Technical note: This tracker identifies job postings containing these essay questions by searching questionnaire files for the text: How would you help advance the President's Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role?
Data Coverage & Methodology
Understanding the Statistics
Total Jobs: All federal job postings in each category
Scraped Questionnaires: Jobs where we successfully downloaded the questionnaire
Jobs with Essay Questions: Jobs containing the Merit Hiring Plan questions
% of Scraped: Percentage of successfully scraped questionnaires containing the essay questions
Weekly and monthly percentages of jobs posted with the essay question
Note: Percentages shown represent the portion of scraped questionnaires that contain the essay question for each time period. The "Total Jobs Posted" column shows the number of questionnaires we analyzed.
Job Listings with New Essay Question
Important Notes:
This table now shows ALL federal jobs from our dataset, not just those with the essay question
We only scrape questionnaires from USAStaffing and Monster Government sites
Other agencies (e.g., FAA, Intelligence Community) may have questionnaires on their own sites that are not included
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